Fable 5.2 × video editing full guide

The 4 prompts from the reel, ready to paste into Claude. Each one says what to attach and what you get back.

One rule for all four: it drafts, you approve. Nothing renders or goes live until you say yes.

Before you start

1. Open the Claude desktop app.
2. Pick Fable 5.2 in the model menu. If you don't see it, use the newest model you have. The prompts still work.
3. Make one folder with your raw clip in it, and point Claude at that folder.

First time editing video with Claude? Do my free setup first, it takes about 10 minutes: the Claude video editor setup.

Your rules file (do this once)

Claude edits much better when it knows your taste. Save this as rules.md in the same folder and change the lines to suit you.

# My edit rules

- Vertical video, 1080 x 1920. Keep my voice exactly as recorded.
- Captions: 1 to 3 words at a time, never over my face.
- One new visual every 2 seconds. No empty parts of the frame.
- Use real screenshots and real logos. Never invent numbers.
- Soft sound effects only. No music unless I ask.
- Show me a storyboard first. Do not render the final until I approve.

1The Editor that checks its own work

Here's my raw clip and my rules.md. Build a playable storyboard: cut the pauses, add captions, effects and sound, one new visual every 2 seconds.

Before you show me anything, render a contact sheet of every beat, look at it yourself, and fix anything cut off, cluttered or covering my face.

List what you fixed. Don't render the final until I approve.

What comes back: a storyboard you can play, plus a short list of what it caught and fixed in its own work. Give notes, then ask for the render.

2The Motion Designer

Make one self-contained HTML file: an airport departure board that flips, letter by letter, to my launch date. It should look and sound like the real object, with the clatter generated in code.

Show me the board on its own first. When I approve it, place it behind me in my video.

What comes back: a working graphic you can open in your browser, with its own sound. Swap "airport departure board" for anything real: a ticket, a receipt, a pond that ripples when you tap it.

3The Art Director

Here are 3 reels I love and my raw clip. Watch each one frame by frame and write a style file: pacing, colours, fonts, transitions, sound.

What I like: the pace and the type. What I don't: the dark look.

Edit my clip inspired by them, in my colours. Don't copy.

What comes back: a style file in plain words (how often it cuts, the colours, the fonts) and an edit of your clip built from it. Change the "what I like" lines to your own taste. Credit the creators who inspired you.

4The Growth Team

You are the lead for my marketing. Spin up sub-agents: one for my social content, one for SEO, one for outbound, one for my landing page.

Each one audits what I have and drafts the next 3 moves. Show me one plan with a checkpoint before each step.

Nothing goes live until I approve.

What comes back: one plan, four lanes, and drafts for you to approve. Tell it where your things live (your profile, your site, your email list) so it audits the real ones. I'm making a full deep dive on this one soon.

If the first pass isn't right

• Screenshot the part you don't like and say what's wrong in plain words.
• Collect all your notes, then ask for one pass. It saves time and credits.
• Add anything you keep repeating to rules.md, so you only say it once.